planked

past tense of plank
as in plopped
to throw or set down clumsily or casually planked the carton down on the counter and left

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  • In the dressing room, after applying lipstick and rouge, Kaliardos plopped a wig of long, stringy brown hair on Costanzo’s head.
    Henry Alford, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Two young women stood in front, plopped two tokens into a metal belt, pressed a lever, and watched as a credit-card-sized piece of cardboard slid out.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • This concern has been tossed around (and tossed aside) for years.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The swells rocked the boat violently, sent wave after wave over the stern, threw us sideways, and nearly tossed all of us into the ocean again and again.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Planked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planked. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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